#snow in Blackheath this morning and more on the way ⁦@BlackheathWx⁩

"We should acknowledge the impact those #Palestinian journalists have had in return for their sacrifice. It's significantly due to the courage & stubborn determination of those journalists that no reasonable citizen of the world has been able to look away" https://t.co/VADFN4bWHY

Not quite as low as 'Children Overboard' but shades of. We unpack the Nauru deal, which is turning out to be an epic, inhumane and costly stuff-up #auspol https://t.co/OvxBU6foBw

No return (yet) for skipper Pat Cummins in an unchanged #Australia squad for second #pinkball #Ashes Test at the Gabba.

“If #NathanLyon doesn’t play at the #Gabba and bowls two overs in #Perth, I think is really worrisome for domestic spinners. Five Tests, and you don’t need a spinner for two? That would be so disappointing." #Ashes https://t.co/8xOr68HXAf

Kerry O’Brien got a standing ovation at the #Walkleys .. called on the industry to unite to strengthen press freedom & paid tribute to #Palestinian journalists who have “confronted the world with powerful evidence .. of the look and feel of #genocide” https://t.co/umDe6R8oQD

More #Husic policy boldness, less #Albanese small-target politics. #Auspol

“Too many people will tell you, readily enough, that the lesson of #Whitlam was trying to do too much in too short a space of time. But I don’t think the answer to that is to do too little over a longer piece of time.” #Auspol

#EdHusic “Strong leadership can handle strong views. Especially on things like #Gaza, where I thought we needed to act a lot faster and a lot stronger on that … I’ll always be haunted by just how many kids were killed in that part of the world.” #Auspol https://t.co/9X8WnBaTr6

My father has been under arrest for 845 days. For the past six weeks, he has been kept in solitary confinement in a death cell with zero transparency. His sisters have been denied every visit, even with clear court orders allowing access. There have been no phone calls, no

New analysis by the politically neutral House of Commons library says that Brexit cost the average Briton between £2,700 and £3,700, and lost the Treasury up to £90bn a year tax revenue. Rachel Reeves’ budget options could have been very different! https://t.co/qlaRPiUgDW

Dr Monique Ryan MP asking the question on all our minds today in Parliament. The Albanese Government's secret, wasteful and cruel Nauru deal is not our national interest - and it doesn't align with our shared values. It's time for the cruel offshore detention regime to end.

Pat Cummins is set to be named in Australia's squad for the second Test in Brisbane 👊 (via @DanielCherny & @BenHorne8)

The only way to persuade #Russia to stop fighting is to put pressure on Russia. Not #Ukraine, Russia. The Ukrainians have already said they will agree to a ceasefire now, on the current lines of conflict. Yet #Witkoff is seeking to persuade #Trump not to put pressure on Russia.

The war will end only when #Russia stops fighting. The Russians need to halt the invasion, recognize the sovereignty of #Ukraine, and drop their imperial ambitions. Then Ukraine can discuss borders, prisoners, and the fate of their kidnapped children. https://t.co/MLbi4Voks9

#Trump, 79, is the oldest person to be elected to the US presidency, and he is aging. Trump has prompted additional questions about his health by sharing news about medical procedures he has had, but not details about them. https://t.co/ri7pmArtXX

In other words the batting was shite #Ashes

The biggest annual drop in #Australia’s #greenhouse gas emissions outside the #COVID19 pandemic has been driven by record output from #renewable energy that is squeezing more #coal and #gas out of the power grid. 2.2% emissions drop in the year to June 30. https://t.co/K5mBV63PTK

It wasn’t only #English supporters who had high hopes for this English team; so did Australians. You’re always rattling on about being such stupendous entertainers. But it’s not much use if you don’t turn up. #Ashes Gideon off a long run…. https://t.co/AX4dvxfXuI

In any other job #SteveWitkoff might have been sacked for being irredeemably compromised. At any other time this would have been viewed, universally, as a major scandal. But under #DonaldTrump, scandal isn't what it used to be. https://t.co/KpLf6JB3hr

#PennyWong’s cautious diplomacy reveals #Australia’s struggle to balance loyalty to #Trump's #US with the need for genuine independence on the world stage. https://t.co/f9kiA8oemB